Cars That Think

MAY 7, 2022

For most of the 10 years that I idly thought about thermostats, I had no intention of building one. Adapted from the book BUILD: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell. But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Given Tesla’s degree of mechanical ability, we can expect these to be completely adequate, but nothing here is crazy small, cheap, efficient, powerful, or anything else. Tesla hopes to start sales within three years, and most likely before five years. Given the task’s intricacy, this is difficult.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

And oil only seems cheap. When our country was attacked at Pearl Harbor, no one believed we could build 30,000 planes and tanks in just one year. And no one asked what it would cost. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. Its impacts are increasingly unaffordable.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

All the wind farms and solar panels in the world won’t do anything to lower the outflow of hundreds billions of dollars annually or decrease our pump-fueled funding of Islamic fundamentalism unless we build cars that can use that cleaner electricity. I wish I knew what’s holding Gore back from full-throated support for plug-in cars.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

After an ultra-competitive e-bike selling year in 2023, we’re still seeing some great sales into early 2024. Fortunately, we’ve found some excellent options for cheap electric bikes that can still save you some serious dough. So check out the awesome e-bikes below, any one of which could become your next electric bike. The XP 3.0

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 13, 2024

Even though the holidays are behind us, many e-bike companies are still running incredible sales coming off an ultra-competitive e-bike selling year in 2023. Fortunately, we’ve found some excellent options for cheap electric bikes that can still save you some serious dough. For years, the $999 Lectric XP 3.0 and its previous 1.0

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The first buyers will be fleet users, which will build central fast-charging facilities. Put simply, this little-known upstart has accelerated ahead of its much bigger rivals in the race to build an affordable electric car. operations are small - about 20 people work in a sales and marketing outpost in Elk Grove Village, Ill.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. But that cost in a built as an EV is much less than an ICE’s costs by about 1/2.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

While many may argue that the economic benefits of comprehensive federal legislation are clear, a network of interlinked state and regional carbon markets building off the existing institutional infrastructure of RGGI, WCI, and MRGGRA could be a better solution. HOW TO ESTABLISH A SUCCESSFUL REGIONAL. GREENHOUSE GAS CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

And of course, we’ve been covering the price war in China here at Electrek , with prices on BYD vehicles dropping to extremely low prices , even as low as $10,000 , which can leave Americans feeling frustrated – when will we get truly low-cost EVs? Answer: Probably not soon, at least if it comes from China. Biden’s $7.5

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